Fourteen films have been produced by the Foundation through 2009
including eight, which are focused on the rescue of Jewish fugitives by non-Jews
during the Holocaust. These films document extraordinary acts of courage by
ordinary people in Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Scandinavian countries.
More recent programs were filmed in Macedonia and Croatia,
which reflect local community efforts to resolve
ongoing ethnic and religious conflicts through dialogue instead of war, and
one which documents the 70 year Soviet era Gulag system
Our films have been shown by many U.S. public television stations,
at museums including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,DC, at
universities, embassies, faith-based organizations, the Smithsonian Institution,
Embassies, highschools, and at public events in France and Israel.
The films have also been exhibited at national and international
film competitions and have won Gabriel, Telly, Aegis, and CINE Golden Eagle
Awards. Volunteer narrators of the films have included Liv Ullmann,
Eli Wallach, Alan Alda, Theodore Bikel, Irene Papas,
Uta Hagen, Marvin Kalb and Bettina Gregory.
Films produced by the
Foundation Films produced by the
Foundation are available on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website by
accessing "Documentary Films" and identifying the particular film of interest
from the following list:.
The Other Side of
Faith. Under Nazi occupation, a 16-year-old Polish girl and her younger
sister hid and nurtured 13 Jewish fugitives for over two years. [27 minutes]
narrated by Sy Rotter
Zegota: A Time to
Remember. An effort of the Polish Government in Exile to help
Jewish fugitives in Poland during the Holocaust. Includes an Epilogue by Jan
Karski. [52 minutes] narrated by Sy Rotter
A Time to Gather
Stones Together. Holocaust survivors living in the U.S. visit archives
and places of family origin in present-day Ukraine and Poland. [28 minutes]
narrated by Sy Rotter
Rescue in
Scandinavia, narrated by Liv Ullmann. Focused on individuals in
Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden who helped Jewish fugitives during the war.
[55 minutes]
A Debt to
Honor, narrated by Alan Alda. In spite of Italy's alliance with
Nazi Germany, eighty percent of Italy's Jews survived the Holocaust, largely
through the effrts of Italian non-Jews. [29 minutes]
One Day in the
Life of Oni, narrated by Theodore Bikel. In the Caucasian
mountains of Georgia, a small but vibrant Jewish community celebrates its
ancestry which dates back 2,500 years. [28 minutes]
It Was Nothing,
It Was Everything, narrated by Irene Papas, includes reflections
on the rescue of Jewish fugitives in Greece by citizens and clergy during the
Holocaust. [29 minutes]
Zegota - Council
for Aid to Jews in Poland, narrated by Eli Wallach, this
shortened version of our 1992 program on Zegota contains new archival footage.
[28 minutes]
Treason or
Honor, narrated by Uta Hagen in English and Anna
Rosmus in German is focused on stories of the rescue of Jews in Germany. [28
minutes]
Making
Choices, narrated by Marvin Kalb. Is the story of Macedonians,
Moslem and Christian, who in the aftermath of the choices they are making to avoid the same bloodshed
in their Country. [28 minutes]
The Peace Builders, narrated by Bettina Gregory, speaks to the
courage required for reconciliation efforts by
volunteers in Croatia of former enemies, representing Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox faiths in the Vukovar area of the Country. [27 minutes]
Overcoming Amnesia Post Stalinist Governments have tried to obliterate this tragic
history from the memory of the World. A co-production with Boston
College of the 70 year history of the Soviet Gulag
experience.
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